OSIRIS-REx sample lands in Utah, collected by NASA team
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Samples from the asteroid Bennu dropped into Utah’s western desert Sunday morning, as the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx space mission came to an end. Video courtesy of FOX13.
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